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A new start
This blog was started in the early 2000’s and included hundreds of posts. But hackers hacked and everything went kablooey. So this is a reset. At this time, my focus is primarily on accessibility, inclusive design, and DEI+A. I hate to break the web, but restoring from my most recent backups has recreated the hacked…
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Bias, Intersectionality, and Inclusive Design
This is a great article by Trina Moore Pervall that helps you understand the role of unconscious bias within your product designs: Unconscious Biases That Get In The Way Of Inclusive Design When we think of biases and design, we often think of users’ biases. However, throughout the research and design processes, our unconscious biases…
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Authority Podcast: Accessibility, Inclusive Design, and Accommodations at Intuit
This is a follow up podcast interview with Authority Magazine about accessibility, inclusive design, and inclusion: Intuit’s Ted Drake On How Businesses Make Accommodations For People Who Have a Disability This is the original article: Disability Inclusion In The Workplace: Intuit’s Ted Drake On How Businesses Make Accommodations For Customers and Employees Who Have a Disability
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Face Blindness – prosopagnosia
What is prosopagnosia, aka Face Blindness? In this article, Brad Pitt talks about his inability to recognize faces and how people mistake this as aloofness and disrespect: Brad Pitt opens up about suffering from undiagnosed prosopagnosia, or ‘face blindness’. I have prosopagnosia. I have a terrible time remembering names and faces. I used to think…
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Everyone has a name
The 8 Asians blog has expressed the joys and challenges of being Asian American in the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 years. This post celebrates a recent commercial from Procter and Gamble about growing up with a non-western name in the United States. “Everyone has a name — and from birth through a lifetime…
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ARIA Label Bookmarklet
I love simple bookmarklets that visualize coding patterns. I was working on a project today and wanted to verify that aria-labels were sufficiently descriptive. So I put together this quick bookmarklet. aria-label bookmarklet Simply drag that up to your bookmark bar and click on it whenever you need to test a page. If an element…
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How to build your brand and get your dream job
Update: This post was originally written in 2015. The post has been updated to reflect the accessibility community has shifted from Twitter to LinkedIn and Mastadon. I’ve also removed resources that are no longer available. I had the opportunity to visit many colleges and meet with the students as a Yahoo! Developer Evangelist. During these…
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Accessibility Bookmarklets
Update: this was originally published in 2013 and many of the links will be outdated. Bookmarklets are small javascript links that let you perform tasks in your browser. I have collected a set of bookmarklets that allow easier accessibility testing. This collection will certainly grow. What is your favorite? Add it in the comments. To…